Azan and Iqamat

 

Azan is a call to prayer. It's longer and played loud so that people can hear it in their homes. Iqamah is a shorter “call to prayer” that is made immediately prior to each of the five daily Islamic prayers, to let people know that the prayer is about to begin. It is performed by one male in congregation.

 

 

 

 

 

Excellence of Azan and Iqama

Allah said:

"ومن أحسن قولاممن دعى الى الله وعمل صالحا وقال انني من المسلمين" فصلت 33

The Messenger Sallallahu alaihi wasallam told:

"لا يسمع مدى صوت المؤذن جن ولا انس ولا شيئ الا شهد له يوم القيمة"

How was the Azan ruled?

Azan came into ruling in the first year of Hijra. When The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam built the Masjid in Madina he discussed about the way to assemble the people for Salat. Someone suggested hoisting flag and another suggested Bugle and some other suggested drum beating and the flame was suggested by another. But the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did not feel happy with the suggested things because the first will not be useful to the blind , the sleeping and the heedless and the second is the ritual of the Jews and the third is the practice of the Christians and the fourth one is the practice of the Zoroastrians. Then Umar (Radhiyallahu Anhu) told: We can send someone to call for Salat. Then The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam told: O Bilal, you stand up and call for Salat. Then he would call الصلاة جامعة

Then one night eleven Sahabis saw the Azan and Iqamat in their dreams. Zaid (R) was the first to rush to The Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. The revelation also came to the Prophet beforehand. Then he said “This is a good dream if Allah wills. So you stand up with Bilal , recite to him what did you saw and he will call with that because his voice is louder than yours". When Umar (r) heard the Azan of Bilal he rushed to the Masjid dragging his dress and said: O The Messenger of Allah, I have seen the same as he saw. Then he said:" The praise is to Allah". The revelation has come before you.

The rules of Azan and Iqama

Both are recommended particularly to the lone performer of Salat Maktoobat (five times prayer) while it is generally recommended in the congregational prayers. Azan is better than Iqama. If one performs a series of Salat he should recite Azan for the first and recite Iqama for all the prayers.

As for the congregational Sunnat prayer one should call الصلاة جامعة at the entrance of time and also immediately before the performance of Salat. Two Azans are recommended for Fajr prayer; one after the midnight and another after the entrance of the time of Fajr. Likewise the two are recommended for Jumua also; one at the entrance of time and another one after the climbing of Khateeb on the Mimber (the raised platform for Khutba)

Azan for other things

Azan is recommended in the ear of the sorrowful and epileptic and the angry and in the ear of a person/animal whose habit got wrong and at the time of fire. Both the Azan and Iqama are recommended in the two ears of the baby after birth and behind the departure of the traveler.

The conditions of Azan and Iqama

1- Muazzin should be a male muslim

2- The entrance of the time for all Azan other than the Fajr Azan. One of the two Azans for Fajr can be done after the midnight.

3- Both should be in Arabic

4- All the words should be by a person. So another can not resume on another’s.

5- Keep the order between the words and between Azan and Iqama.

6- To bring the words in concession.

7- To bring Azan and Iqama in succession.

8- To make oneself hear while performing alone and loud the voice for the congregational prayer.

The recommended things for Azan and Iqama

1- Both the Muzzin(the person who recite Azan) and Muqeem (the person who recite Iqama) should be pure from impurities.

2- Both should be just volunteer who has loud and sweet voice and from the offspring of the Muazzin of The Messenger Sallallhu Alaihi Wasallam.

3-The Azan should be on a high place like Minaret and the terrace.

4- Standing and not walking

5- Face Kaa’ba.

6- The Muazzin should put his index finger in his ears if he recites Azan for congregation.

7- To raise the noise if a congregational prayer did not take place.

8- The Iqama should be lesser in voice than the Azan.

9- To bring Azan slowly and Iqama quickly.

10- To make Waqf on the last of the sentences.

11- To bring in Azan the two Takbeers within one breath and to bring all others in single. But in Iqama all the two sentences each should be brought in single breath.

12- To praise Allah in mind if he sneezes and to postpone the return of Salam and the Tashmeet (to say yarhamukallah) of the sneezer till the completion of both Azan and Iqama.

13-To bring the two Shahadas with a low voice after the loud Shahadas.

14- To turn right and left in both the Hayya Alas

15- To say الصلاة خير من النوم twice after Hayya Alas in the Azans of Fajr

16- To recite between Azan and Iqamat the Verse of Kursiyy.

17- To delay Iqamat till the people assemble except in Maghrib.

18- The Iqamat be recited by the same person who recited Azan.

19- The Iqamat be another place of the Azan.

20- To recite Salat on The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam before Iqamat.

21- Salat and Salam on The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam after both the Azan and Iqama and then the famous Dua.

This is that Dua

اللهم رب هذه الدعوة التامة والصلاة القائمة أت محمد الوسيلة والفضيلة والدرجة الرفيعة وابعثه مقاما محمودا الذي وعدته وارزقنا شفاعته يوم القيمة انك لا تخلف الميعاد

O Allah, the Lord of this complete prayer And the running Salat, give Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Waseela and Fadheela and the high position and send him to the praised place which you have promised and give us his intercession hereafter. And you will not contradict your promise.

The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said

"if any one told when he heard the Azan

“اللهم رب هذه الدعوة التامة والصلاة القائمة آت محمدا الوسيلة والفضيلة والدرجة الرفيعة وابعثه مقاما محمودا الذي وعدته”

then my intercession is permitted for him hereafter.

(Saheeh Imam Bukhari)

After the Azan of Maghrib and Subh

It is recommended to say after the Azan of Maghrib:

اللهم هذا اقبال ليلك وادبار نهارك وأصوات دعاتك فاغفرلي

And after the Azan of Subh it is recommended to say:

اللهم هذااقبال نهارك وادبار ليلك وأصوات دعاتك فاغفر لي

What are undesirables of Azan and Iqamat?

Tuning and stretching of Azan and Iqama and talking without any reason, sitting, walking, riding, and to turn from the Qibla at the time of Azan and Iqamat are undesirable. Azan and Iqamat for congregational prayer are undesirable from the impure and the Fasiq and baby and the blind.

The manners of hearing Azan and Iqamat
To answer to what the Muazzin recites from the Azan and Iqama is recommended, though the hearer is taking ablution or purifying from the Najas or Haa’idh. But it is undesirable to answer to Azan and Iqama by those who are in intercourse and in answering the call of nature and performing Salat. They can answer Azan and Iqamat after finishing their activities. If the Muazzins recited Azan one after one the hearer is recommended to answer all the calls. And it is undesirable to avoid answering the first.

The answering is to repeat what the Muazzin recited except in HayyaAlas. In HayyaAlas the heares has to say

لاحول ولا قوة الا بالله

and except in Tathweeb in which the listener says

صدقت و بررت

and except in the words of Iqamat in which he has to say أقامها الله وأدامها وجعلني من صالحي أهلها .

And one should stop one’s recitation of Quraan and Zikr and Dua to answer the Azan and Iqamat

The form of Azaan

الله أكبر ألله أكبر الله أكبر ألله أكبر

أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله

أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله

حيعلى الصلاة حيعلى الصلاة

حيعلى الفلاح حيعلى الفلاح

ألله أكبر ألله أكبر لا اله الا الله

The form of Iqama

الله أكبر ألله أكبر اللهم صل على محمد

أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله

حيعلى الصلاة حيعلى الفلاح

قد قامت الصلاة قد قامت الصلاة

Azan and Iqamat

Excellence of Azan and Iqama

Allah said:

"ومن أحسن قولاممن دعى الى الله وعمل صالحا وقال انني من المسلمين" فصلت 33

The Messenger Sallallahu alaihi wasallam told:

"لا يسمع مدى صوت المؤذن جن ولا انس ولا شيئ الا شهد له يوم القيمة"

How was the Azan ruled?

Azan came into ruling in the first year of Hijra. When The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam built the Masjid in Madina he discussed about the way to assemble the people for Salat. Someone suggested hoisting flag and another suggested Bugle and some other suggested drum beating and the flame was suggested by another. But the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did not feel happy with the suggested things because the first will not be useful to the blind , the sleeping and the heedless and the second is the ritual of the Jews and the third is the practice of the Christians and the fourth one is the practice of the Zoroastrians. Then Umar (Radhiyallahu Anhu) told: We can send someone to call for Salat. Then The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam told: O Bilal, you stand up and call for Salat. Then he would call الصلاة جامعة

Then one night eleven Sahabis saw the Azan and Iqamat in their dreams. Zaid (R) was the first to rush to The Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. The revelation also came to the Prophet beforehand. Then he said “This is a good dream if Allah wills. So you stand up with Bilal , recite to him what did you saw and he will call with that because his voice is louder than yours". When Umar (r) heard the Azan of Bilal he rushed to the Masjid dragging his dress and said: O The Messenger of Allah, I have seen the same as he saw. Then he said:" The praise is to Allah". The revelation has come before you.

The rules of Azan and Iqama

Both are recommended particularly to the lone performer of Salat Maktoobat (five times prayer) while it is generally recommended in the congregational prayers. Azan is better than Iqama. If one performs a series of Salat he should recite Azan for the first and recite Iqama for all the prayers.

As for the congregational Sunnat prayer one should call الصلاة جامعة at the entrance of time and also immediately before the performance of Salat. Two Azans are recommended for Fajr prayer; one after the midnight and another after the entrance of the time of Fajr. Likewise the two are recommended for Jumua also; one at the entrance of time and another one after the climbing of Khateeb on the Mimber (the raised platform for Khutba)

Azan for other things

Azan is recommended in the ear of the sorrowful and epileptic and the angry and in the ear of a person/animal whose habit got wrong and at the time of fire. Both the Azan and Iqama are recommended in the two ears of the baby after birth and behind the departure of the traveler.

The conditions of Azan and Iqama

1- Muazzin should be a male muslim

2- The entrance of the time for all Azan other than the Fajr Azan. One of the two Azans for Fajr can be done after the midnight.

3- Both should be in Arabic

4- All the words should be by a person. So another can not resume on another’s.

5- Keep the order between the words and between Azan and Iqama.

6- To bring the words in concession.

7- To bring Azan and Iqama in succession.

8- To make oneself hear while performing alone and loud the voice for the congregational prayer.

The recommended things for Azan and Iqama

1- Both the Muzzin(the person who recite Azan) and Muqeem (the person who recite Iqama) should be pure from impurities.

2- Both should be just volunteer who has loud and sweet voice and from the offspring of the Muazzin of The Messenger Sallallhu Alaihi Wasallam.

3-The Azan should be on a high place like Minaret and the terrace.

4- Standing and not walking

5- Face Kaa’ba.

6- The Muazzin should put his index finger in his ears if he recites Azan for congregation.

7- To raise the noise if a congregational prayer did not take place.

8- The Iqama should be lesser in voice than the Azan.

9- To bring Azan slowly and Iqama quickly.

10- To make Waqf on the last of the sentences.

11- To bring in Azan the two Takbeers within one breath and to bring all others in single. But in Iqama all the two sentences each should be brought in single breath.

12- To praise Allah in mind if he sneezes and to postpone the return of Salam and the Tashmeet (to say yarhamukallah) of the sneezer till the completion of both Azan and Iqama.

13-To bring the two Shahadas with a low voice after the loud Shahadas.

14- To turn right and left in both the Hayya Alas

15- To say الصلاة خير من النوم twice after Hayya Alas in the Azans of Fajr

16- To recite between Azan and Iqamat the Verse of Kursiyy.

17- To delay Iqamat till the people assemble except in Maghrib.

18- The Iqamat be recited by the same person who recited Azan.

19- The Iqamat be another place of the Azan.

20- To recite Salat on The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam before Iqamat.

21- Salat and Salam on The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam after both the Azan and Iqama and then the famous Dua.

This is that Dua

اللهم رب هذه الدعوة التامة والصلاة القائمة أت محمد الوسيلة والفضيلة والدرجة الرفيعة وابعثه مقاما محمودا الذي وعدته وارزقنا شفاعته يوم القيمة انك لا تخلف الميعاد

O Allah, the Lord of this complete prayer And the running Salat, give Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Waseela and Fadheela and the high position and send him to the praised place which you have promised and give us his intercession hereafter. And you will not contradict your promise.

The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said

"if any one told when he heard the Azan

“اللهم رب هذه الدعوة التامة والصلاة القائمة آت محمدا الوسيلة والفضيلة والدرجة الرفيعة وابعثه مقاما محمودا الذي وعدته”

then my intercession is permitted for him hereafter.

(Saheeh Imam Bukhari)

After the Azan of Maghrib and Subh

It is recommended to say after the Azan of Maghrib:

اللهم هذا اقبال ليلك وادبار نهارك وأصوات دعاتك فاغفرلي

And after the Azan of Subh it is recommended to say:

اللهم هذااقبال نهارك وادبار ليلك وأصوات دعاتك فاغفر لي

What are undesirables of Azan and Iqamat?

Tuning and stretching of Azan and Iqama and talking without any reason, sitting, walking, riding, and to turn from the Qibla at the time of Azan and Iqamat are undesirable. Azan and Iqamat for congregational prayer are undesirable from the impure and the Fasiq and baby and the blind.

The manners of hearing Azan and Iqamat
To answer to what the Muazzin recites from the Azan and Iqama is recommended, though the hearer is taking ablution or purifying from the Najas or Haa’idh. But it is undesirable to answer to Azan and Iqama by those who are in intercourse and in answering the call of nature and performing Salat. They can answer Azan and Iqamat after finishing their activities. If the Muazzins recited Azan one after one the hearer is recommended to answer all the calls. And it is undesirable to avoid answering the first.

The answering is to repeat what the Muazzin recited except in HayyaAlas. In HayyaAlas the heares has to say

لاحول ولا قوة الا بالله

and except in Tathweeb in which the listener says

صدقت و بررت

and except in the words of Iqamat in which he has to say أقامها الله وأدامها وجعلني من صالحي أهلها .

And one should stop one’s recitation of Quraan and Zikr and Dua to answer the Azan and Iqamat

The form of Azaan

الله أكبر ألله أكبر الله أكبر ألله أكبر

أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله

أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله

حيعلى الصلاة حيعلى الصلاة

حيعلى الفلاح حيعلى الفلاح

ألله أكبر ألله أكبر لا اله الا الله

The form of Iqama

الله أكبر ألله أكبر اللهم صل على محمد

أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله

حيعلى الصلاة حيعلى الفلاح

قد قامت الصلاة قد قامت الصلاة